Later Years
In 1977, Alan Hardaker published his autobiography, "Hardaker of the League", which he co-wrote with noted BBC sports correspondent, the late Bryon Butler, and in 1979 he was made Director General of the Football League, continuing to serve them until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1980.
The Alan Hardaker Trophy was commissioned in 1990 as the award to be presented to the "man of the match" at each Football League Cup Final since that time. Hardaker's great-grandson, Tom Coyle, presented the trophy at the 2004 Final between Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough.
In 2011, Hardaker was portrayed by actor Neil Dudgeon in United, a BBC TV drama centred around the 1958 Munich air disaster involving Manchester United.
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